Lisa Harrington was appointed secretary of the Association of American Geographers (2009-11). The secretary is elected by the association's council and serves on the executive committee. She is also serving on the Association of American Geographers Council as the elected councillor from the Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Division (2008-11) and will begin duties as secretary in July.

Marcellus Caldas and colleague published "The Economy of the Amazon Today and Tomorrow: National Integration and Supply Expansion," Amazonia: Nature and Society in Transformation, eds. Mateus Batistela and Emilio Moran: University of Sao Paulo Press, 2009.

Melinda Daniels and Robert Daniels presented "The Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Secondary Channels Complexes on the Kansas River," 26th Water and the Future of Kansas Conference, March 26, Topeka.

Melinda Daniels and colleagues presented "Including Beavers in the River Restoration Baseline" and "Footwall Geometry and Topography in the Taiwan Arc-continent Collision," 44th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America Northern Section, March 24, Portland, Maine.

Donald J. Mrozek presented "Jimmy Carter and the U.S. Air Force: Ironic Aspects of Military Innovation," 89th annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, April 10, Denver.

Journalism and mass communications

Sergei Samoilenko presented "Risk and Crisis Communication Practices in American PR Companies"; "Social Marketing and Advertising in the U.S. and Russia"; and "Case Studies of Russian-American PR Joint Ventures;" Moscow State University of Culture and Arts; Peoples' Friendship University of Russia; Russian State University for the Humanities and "Art Image" Marketing Institute, March 16-20, Moscow.

Cornetist Craig B. Parker was guest artist with Buffalo Bill's Cowboy Band during their concert, March 20, in Denver.
Parker was director of and cornet soloist with the Society for American Music Brass Band in their concert of 19th-century brass band music, March 21, Denver.

Parker also presented "The Chamber Music of Joan Tower," annual conference of the Society for American Music, March 21, Denver.

Aaron H. Carlstrom and colleagues presented "Predicting STEM Career Interests for Diverse Youth: The Role of Background and Contextual Factors," 2009 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 13-17, San Diego, Calif.